Cheers drowned out tears in Manchester on Sunday as Ariana Grande was joined by fellow music stars for a charity concert where fans vowed to face down fears of terrorism after two deadly attacks in Britain.

“Let the world hear your resilience,” Pharrell Williams told a sell-out crowd of 50,000 who had gathered to remember victims of a May 22 suicide bomb attack on Grande’s concert in the city.

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The hastily-organised “One Love Manchester” event became one of the biggest single gatherings of musical talent this year, as stars lined-up for the concert dedicated to the 22 people killed and 116 injured, many of them children.

Proceeds from the concert will be donated to a fund set up to help the victims’ families.

Rachel Jea, 32, said she was at Grande’s previous Manchester concert and felt it was important to attend Sunday’s show to regain trust after the bombing.

“Our grandparents went through world wars so that we could live in freedom and now it’s starting again. It just shouldn’t be like this,” she told AFP.

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Her nine-year-old daughter Scarlet adopted a defiant tone, telling others not to be afraid. “We need to try and find a way to overcome the fear. I’m really happy to come tonight, it is good for Ariana, it wasn’t her fault what happened.”

Grande, who described herself as “broken” following the May 22 bombing, had immediately returned to the US, interrupting her Dangerous Woman world tour and later promising to return for the charity concert.

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